Beta Alanine Questions

Just got some AllMax Beta Alanine today. I understand 1 scoop is 3.2 grams and they RECOMMEND 2 3.2 gram servings a day. Do you guys recommend that for maximum results or should I just have one teaspoon (3.2 grams) a day?

Also, does it matter what drink I mix it in? Does it taste good mixing with creatine? Or even a protein shake with creatine in it?

Just got some AllMax Beta Alanine today. I understand 1 scoop is 3.2 grams and they RECOMMEND 2 3.2 gram servings a day. Do you guys recommend that for maximum results or should I just have one teaspoon (3.2 grams) a day?

Also, does it matter what drink I mix it in? Does it taste good mixing with creatine? Or even a protein shake with creatine in it?

Take the recommended dosage and it doesn't matter what you mix it with. Taking it with food helps with tingles though

You could make a compromise. Start out doing a scoop in the AM and a scoop in the PM, and then after 3-4 weeks bump it down to a single scoop. I'm pretty sure 3.2g per day is the studied amount anyways, and it shows some results.

You can run BA for quite awhile before needing to take some time off. 12-14 weeks is fine

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Never heard or read anything about having to cycle beta alanine, but to each his own.

OP, beta alanine is a lot like creatine: 3.2g a day, any time, with anything. Timing is irrelevant since again, like creatine, you need to reach saturation before the endurance effects really kick in. Taking it preworkout will provide no acute effects except paresthesia (the BA tingles).

You guys are correct, you don't "have" to. I've heard arguments for either way.

Personally I stay away from BA all together because the tingles drive me nuts

"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." -Henry Ford

"No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training...what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." -Socrates

Took 3.2G tonight and I felt the tingle just a little bit but it was nothing too extreme. I plan on just taking a teaspoon a day from now on with no splits unless the tingle really starts bothering me. I hope this new BA AND cit mal help me out! I've already been on creatine for 2 weeks so I'm hoping for some good gains!

You only need 1.6g daily and it doesn't matter when you get that dose. You can split it up to avoid paresthesia

SQ: 225x5 (High-bar ATG)
DL: 295x5/315x1

"Many basic or compound exercises (e.g. squat, bench press, etc.) have a bell shaped resistance curves or shift the resistance through multiple muscle groups throughout the exercise's range of motion allowing the muscles to momentarily relax between repetitions. This period of momentary relaxation between repetitions allows greater opportunity for momentary blood flow permitting the clearing of acid accumulation."

3.2 grams daily is what I personally go with, and I split it twice. 1.6 with breakfast and 1.6 in my pre-workout shake. I've taken the 3.2 all at once and the discomfort wasn't through the roof, but there's no reason not to split it up IMO.

I hope this new BA AND cit mal help me out! I've already been on creatine for 2 weeks so I'm hoping for some good gains!

I could be off base here but it seems like you, much like many users (myself included when I first started training seriously), have unrealistic expectations about how much of an impact supplements have in the grand scheme of things. Any progress/gains you make will be predicated by your diet, training and rest/recovery.

Supplements might allow you to squeeze out an additional rep or two, reduce recovery between sets or achieve a more desirable pump during your sessions but they never make or break your success in the gym.

I'm not saying supplements can't help (I'm a supplement company representative after all) but I just want to make sure you're not setting yourself up for failure with reliance on them with no consideration for the much more important aspects mentioned above.

Originally Posted by SoftballNerd

Are you also taking some kind of a preworkout product? If so, check to see if it has BA already in it... add that amount as well

"Many basic or compound exercises (e.g. squat, bench press, etc.) have a bell shaped resistance curves or shift the resistance through multiple muscle groups throughout the exercise's range of motion allowing the muscles to momentarily relax between repetitions. This period of momentary relaxation between repetitions allows greater opportunity for momentary blood flow permitting the clearing of acid accumulation."

I could be off base here but it seems like you, much like many users (myself included when I first started training seriously), have unrealistic expectations about how much of an impact supplements have in the grand scheme of things. Any progress/gains you make will be predicated by your diet, training and rest/recovery.

Supplements might allow you to squeeze out an additional rep or two, reduce recovery between sets or achieve a more desirable pump during your sessions but they never make or break your success in the gym.

I'm not saying supplements can't help (I'm a supplement company representative after all) but I just want to make sure you're not setting yourself up for failure with reliance on them with no consideration for the much more important aspects mentioned above.

I know exactly what you mean. I truly made that mistake when I first started "lifting" ("lifting" as in some bulls*** routine that involved bunch of machine workouts) I assumed that having a protein shake right after lifting would get me big (LOL).

But that extra rep or two is EXACTLY what I need. I'm currently on a JasonDB's Novice 5x5 program so I try to go up 5 pounds every workout. There is nothing more depleting than not being able to finish the last rep and having to go down 10% for the next workout on that lift. I know my diet and training are the meat and potatoes so I'll make sure not to slack on that.